Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reversed a Biden administration policy granting temporary protected status to Venezuelans, arguing that it would allow immigrants to 'violate our laws'. The original policy, extended by former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, would have allowed up to 600,000 Venezuelans to remain in the U.S. until October 2026. Noem's decision sparked controversy, with some arguing it jeopardizes the lives of Venezuelans escaping economic and political turmoil, while others highlight the need for border security and the potential for abuse of the program.
By Maria SacchettiAntony Reyes, center, with new friend Brayan Cornieles, left, carries a bag of free clothing for himself and his nieces that he found at a pop-up clothing donation center in New York in June 2023. Reyes and Cornieles arrived from Venezuela the previous month, part of a wave of migrants that crossed the border before Title 42 was lifted.
If she does nothing by Saturday, protections for some Venezuelans would automatically extend until October, but they could ultimatelyNoem argued in an eight-page memo that she should have made the decision, not Mayorkas, because the protections expire under Trump. Her tone was a sharp departure from the first Trump administration, when the president and other Republicans called for clemency for millions of Venezuelan immigrants who have fled that country over the past decade.
Trump vowed to detain and deport them at a bill-signing ceremony for the Laken Riley Act, named for a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan asylum seeker with a criminal history in the United States. The law expands mandatory immigration detention for noncitizens arrested for theft-related crimes, since her killer had been picked up for shoplifting but never detained for removal.
Liskart Yepes, 30, a paralegal from Venezuela who applied in 2023, said she is frightened by the possibility of losing her temporary legal status in the coming weeks. She is applying for legal residency through her U.S. citizen husband. Since crossing the southern border, she has married and created a business in South Carolina.
VENEZUELA IMMIGRATION DHS TITLE 42 TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS BORDER SECURITY KRISTI NOEM ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
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